Jay Russell
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| Jay Russell | |
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| Born | 10 January 1960 North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
| Occupation | Director, Producer |
| Years active | 1987-present |
| Spouse | Lee Cunningham (1991-present) |
Jay Russell (born January 10, 1960 in North Little Rock, Arkansas), is a film director and also executive producer and director of the film My Dog Skip.[1]
His other directing credits include Tuck Everlasting, Ladder 49 and The Water Horse. He has also written and directed End of the Line.
Russell graduated from Columbia University in 1984 with a MFA in screenwriting and directing, having studied with producer Michael Hausman and director Milos Forman. His first film, End of the Line (1987), was a Sundance Institute project and was released by Orion Classics. He has since written projects for Imagine Entertainment and TriStar Pictures and has directed numerous documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, CBS, Fox, USA Network and NBC.
He is currently working on film projects such as Duncan, Whole Lotta Sole and Wake the Dead.
[edit] Filmography
- End of the Line (1987)
- Minnie's Street (1990)
- Amazing America (1992-1995)
- Highway 61 (1996)
- Highway 93 (1996)
- My Dog Skip (2000)
- Tuck Everlasting (2002)
- Ladder 49 (2004)
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
- Whole Lotta Sole (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Reviews, New York Times Theater (2001-12-21). The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000. Taylor & Francis. pp. 222–. ISBN 9780415936965. http://books.google.com/books?id=_E350jJ-Ui4C&pg=PA222. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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